Gratuitous pet chicken-blogging: Agatha, Beatrice and Charlotte
By Gina Spadafori
April 26, 2008
The four Aruacunas are yet to arrive, but I now have:
- Agatha, a Delaware;
- Beatrice, a Rhode Island Red; and
- Charlotte, a Barred Plymouth Rock.
The names came to me on the way back from the lady I got them from. Gotta think of some suitable names for the Aruacunas.
In other news … Ilario scared the pants off me this morning. Got up, went into the office and looked into the wire dog crate where he’s acclimating to life with dogs.
No kitten.
Found him sleeping in the cubby hole of the cat tree. Seems the little guy is an escape artist, and is still small
enough to fit through a gap in the bars of the wire crate. He is now in a large, solid Vari-Kennel Ultra instead. No shimmying out of this one, pal.
He’s spitting at the dogs a little as they walk by, but they couldn’t care less about him. A kitten in full flight is considerably more interesting, though, so he’s just going to have to relax in the crate for a couple days, then graduate to the office with a baby-gate keeping the dogs out, and then get the run of the house and Clara’s Secret Garden.
For her part, Clara finally figured out she had feline company in the house. She wasn’t exactly happy about it, but her response wasn’t over-the-top fury, so I’m guessing all will be well soon enough.
What pretty girls they are! Perfect names.
Since Araucanas were originally bred in Chile, you might give them their rightful South American names like:
Olivia, Lucia, Sofia, Mia, Emilia, Matilda, Camila, Paloma, Victoria, Bonita, Nina, Paulina, Adriana, Eva, or a personal favorite, Isabella.
Batten down the hatches in Clara’s Secret Garden when the smart little guy shows up in there! Dare I say here comes trouble? He is so darn cute.
Comment by Nadine L. — April 26, 2008 @ 12:28 pm
Those are GREAT names. Paloma and Isabella will definitely be used.
Comment by Gina Spadafori — April 26, 2008 @ 12:33 pm
Neat!
Comment by Nadine L. — April 26, 2008 @ 12:37 pm
Ilario felt more comfortable out of the cage, I suppose.
One of my cats was a terror, so I had to use a bottle that squirts out water to stop her from attacking her stepbrother and stepsister (about 12 to 13 years ago. It worked, thankfully.
I had a cat that hid is so many places that I use to play hide and go seek with her frequently.
Comment by Colorado Transplant — April 26, 2008 @ 12:44 pm
More names - it’s a slow Saturday afternoon :-)
Gabriela, Valentina, Catalina, Mariana, Serena, Marcela, Natalia, Cecelia, Silvia, Viviana, Aracely.
Comment by Nadine L. — April 26, 2008 @ 12:57 pm
There’s usually some territorial stuff that goes on when you bring in a new cat/kitten.
It took my two grown up girls a few weeks to adjust to the new kitten (aka “boundless energy on wheels!”). They still have their territorial stuff happening at times, but have learned to tolerate one another, and even play together at times.
One thing that I learned from this kitten is…don’t ever underestimate what they may do, or attempt to do! They are curiosity, with a capital C.
I was so happy when she reached the ripe old age of one year. She’s still a little stinker at times, but things have gotten much better.
Wishing you all the best with the acclimatizing.
Comment by Marcy — April 27, 2008 @ 11:24 am